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# 1  
Old 03-27-2008
find the specific file in unix server
hello

i need a help in finding a specific file where it is stored in the unix server. is there a way to find it.

Regards
# 2  
Old 03-27-2008
ensure you have the priviliges (if you superuser) you can start from root fs
"find . -name <filename> -print" -
# 3  
Old 03-27-2008
try this

find / -name {file_name} 2>/dev/null

hope it helps
Regards
# 4  
Old 03-28-2008
in the future, you might search for text in somewhere else file:

find . | xargs grep 'put the text here' 2> /dev/null
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